Harlow

Harlow is a predominantly new town and local government district in the west of Essex, England. Situated on the border with Hertfordshire, it occupies a large area of land on the left bank of the upper Stort Valley, which has been made navigable through other towns and features a canal section near its watermill. Old Harlow is a village-sized suburb founded by the early medieval age and most of its high street buildings are early Victorian and residential. In Old Harlow is a field named Harlowbury, a de-settled monastic area which has the remains of a chapel, a scheduled ancient monument.

The M11 motorway passes through the east of the Borough, entirely to the east of the town. Harlow has its own commercial and leisure economy. It is also an outer part of the London commuter belt and employment centre of the M11 corridor which includes Cambridge and London Stansted to the north. At the time of the 2011 Census, Harlow's population was recorded at 81,944 and its borough had the third-highest proportion of social housing in England, 26.9%, a legacy of the 1947 commitment to re-house blitzed London families after World War II and provide a percentage of homes for other needy families who cannot afford market rents.

Orders of magnitude (numbers)

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Smaller than 10⁻¹⁰⁰ (one googolth)

Alex Jacobs

Alex Jacobs (1927–26 October 1979) was a screenwriter best known for his work in the action field. His writing style was very influential on Walter Hill.

Biography

Jacobs was born in London. He entered the British film industry in the 1940s, working in publicity and distribution. He wrote and directed for British TV and helped found the Free Cinema Group which was instrumental in the careers of such filmmakers as Tony Richardson, Lindsay Anderson and Karel Reisz.

In the 1960s he was assistant to producer David Deutsch on the film Catch Us If You Can (1965) directed by John Boorman and costume designed by Jacobs' wife, Sally. Boorman later wrote about Jacobs:

Boorman says that one day Dave Clark, the star of the film, said "something insulting" to Sally ("he hated the clothes she made him wear" and Jacobs "flew into a rage. It was a terrifying sight. He frother at the mouth. He smashed his fist into Dave's face." Dave Clarke was unable to film for three days and Alex Jacobs was banished from the set.